Centering device for shoe soles



Nov. 19, 1929. J. A. PARKER 1,736,216

I CENTERING DEVICE FOR SHOE SOLES I Filed Jan. 25, 1929 Fig.1-

sole on the shoe.

Q the;base ;1' has apair of vertical rods, 2 in i id iconnectionfiwith one end thereof. The H v,Thus when the shoej'is onthe last and the last ison the rod 10 andthesole is supported upon Patented Nov. 19, 1929' Joints.ti'mnx an, (in sin. LOUIS, m issonmyassrenon TjO'iIiTEiZNATIONAL snon COMPANY, 'QF'LSEL'LQUIS, Mrssoo-RI, A CORPORATION on DEL WARE .1 onnz'rnmne pnvIoE FOR snon SOLES t Applieationefiled J nuary 25, i929. SerialNo. 335,000 Q i invention relateszto devices for centeringshoe soles on the shoes to which the soles are to be: attached, and has special reference to a device of the characteriflnd for ,5 the purpose mentioned by use of which the soles will be located properlyupon theshoes preparatory foriattachment of the heel seats of the soles to the shoes. g l e a j. An object oftheinvention is to provide a 1 device'of the character: and for the purpose fmentionedf comprising a pair 7 of pivotally mounted jaws having their adjacent edges shaped and formed in substantial conformitywith Ttheside edges of the shoe sole for which the device is intended, and a movable sup-V port for the last on whichthe shoe is mountedoperativeto move thetoe portion of the shoe andthe sole thereonbetween saidjaws which-"arecontrolled efiectively to' center the Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character and for the purpose last mentioned which ,wil1 rigidly supportthe last and the shoe thereon during the operationof tacking the heel seatof the =sole'to the shoe while thesoleis held in centered position 'upon the shoe'by said jaws.

fOther objects, will appearfrom the following description, reference being'madeto the accompanying drawing in which I .Fig. I i's'a plan 'vlewofmy lmproved sole 1 I centering; device having a shoe mounted on --the support and the shoe solemounted on the shoe and centered on the shoeby said deupperends of these rodsmay'be threaded as shown and equipped witlisupports .3 inthe ;;torm fof nuts sorew'e d onwthe threaded ends ofsaid rods j A jaw 4e is pivoted onthe upper I end, of each 2; s aidjawsbeing supported bythesupports 3 for swingingmovements toward and fro m eachvother. The adjacent sides ofgthegjawsr are shaped to conform 9 engaging in correspondingly substantially to thesides of the toe portions of the shoes for which the device; is intended so that when the toe portion of a shoe is inserted between said jaws the adjacent surfaces ,ofthe jaws will approximately match the sides of the toe p0rtionoftheshoe and the sole (Fig. 1),"These jaws are'connected on theirlower sides by a spring 75, the power of which is exerted'to draw'thejaws toward a with abeveled wall 6 so that when thegdevice (1s idle and the jawsareheldtogether bythe spring 51 the diverging walls 6fwill permit .the toe portion 'ofjthe shoe to be pressed be- .tweenthe, jaws soas to separate the jaws, as shown in Fig. 1 V j I 3 1 p a, I

' A sup-port 7 is'mou'nted for sliding movements on the-base 1 betweentapair of guides 8 which permit slidingmovements of the support 7 toward and away fromthe rods 2.

The support 7 has laterally extended tongues shaped grooves in the guides 8 toprevent displacement o'fthef-su'pport? and to permit free movement thereof along the base 1 toward and away from the rods 2. 7 a a Y A rod 10 has its lower end rigidly attached to the support/7'. The upper. end of the rod 10 comprises a portionll extending angular lyj infadirection awa'yfrom therods 2 and v terminating inJa reduced portion 12 which is designed and adapted "to be, engaged in a correspondingly shaped holein a shoe'last l3. The height of the rodlO relative to the positions in which-thejaws 4 are supported ':'is such a that when a shoe; last 13 is; mounted on the rod lOwith a'shoe on the last the toe portion of; the shoewijll 'be supportedin a position; for a movement! between the jaws 4:.

the shoethe; support 7 may be moved toward :the rods 2 to a suflicijent extent to press the toe portion ofthe shoe and the sole between 1 the jaws 4.. Since the aws .t are drawntoward each otherby the spring'5itis' apparent that said willffunctionjto center thebso le 1 "tion' isnot restricted to the centeringof any specific types of soles I "wider range of use.-

I 7 being projected beyond the shoe or the shoe from being projected from beyond the sole when both are held and movediwith equal. pressure, Thus the jaws 4 will center the shoe sole on the shoe botlr as to its longitudinal V and lateral positions. The heel seat portion then be attached to theshoe by tacks 16 which will hol clthesole on the shoe until the remaining portion of the sole can be attached by stitches 17. I a

The sole shown in the accompanying drawing may be recognized as a solemade in accorclance withthe invention disclosed in my companion application Serial No. 335,002, filed Jan; 25, 1929 and including atongue 18 attachment tothe breast wall of the heel and a transverse tongue 19 forming an'abutmentto-en'gage against'the front end of the heel to" facilitate and' expedit'e'the attachment of theheelto the'shoe. However, it is plain enough that the utility ofthe presentinven- L but is capable of a ITamawarefthatthe construction and arranger-mint of theidevice maybe varied within fequ-ivalent limits without' departure -from the nature and principle thereof. I do not restirictlmyselfunessentially, but what I claim "and desire to secure bylLett'ers Patent is i A'devic e ofthe character described-coma prising pair of jaws pivotally' supported formbvement towardand awayfrom each other, means a-ctuatingsaid jawstoward each other, and a" support for a lasted-shoe for suppor'ti tng"the shoe in position for movement of the toe portion "of the shoe and a sole on th'efshoe between 'saidjj aw s and in a direction at right angles 'to the plane passing through the axes of the pivots of said jaws.

2. A device of the character described comprising a pair of pivota'lly supported jaws "having their adjacent surf-aces shapedto 'conform approximately to the sides of the toe Q poition'of ashoe'f and a sole, afdeviceactuat- {ingsaid jaws toward each other, and a device tor supportinga lasted shoeand for ni'ovi ngjthe shoe in a direction at right angles t'o the planevpassing through *the axes of the [pivots o f said jaws and to a position 'in wh'ich the'toe portion of ft'hesh'oe 'and 'the sole there- 9 on is between said j aws and in contact with the'walls of-said'jaws. 1 i3; c leyice ottlreicharacterdescribed:com-

" prising a pair o f rigid upright rods, a jaw sa'id" jaws; havin their adj acent surfaces of atoe portion bf a shoe andasole, a s ri shapedtoco-ntormto andlit z'vgainstj th'e sides 14 ot the sole may 3 f Moe p i of a sh and a 189 s,. ssess for actuating said jaws to press said walls 'insesie to the plane passing through the axes of said rods and to, a position in which the toe portion thereof is between said jaws as aforesaid.-

4. A device of the character described comprising a pair of rigid upright rods, a

against the sides of a shoe and asole inserted betweensaid.jaws,a device for supporting a" lasted shoe in position in which the toe por tion thereofis'between said jaws as aforesaid,

and means for moving saiddevice in a direc-. tion at right angles to the plane passing through the axes of said rods and to a-po's'iti-on in which the toe portion of-the lasted shoe'o'n said device "and the toe portion of the sole gonsaidshoe' are between and-in contactwi-th said walls of said jaws; I

5. A device of the character-described qcomprising a pair of pivotally 'supported jaw-s having their adjacent walls shaped te fit' against the sides of the toe portion of a shoe and a sole projecting'between said j awsyand a device for supporting and mov ng a lasted shoe at right angles to the plane passing through the axes of the pivots of said jaws to'ins'ert the toe portion of the shoe between "said'jaws. i

' 6,. A device of the character described coimprising a pair ofpivotally supported jaws 1 having their adjacent walls slraped' teffit against the sides of the toe {portion of a i'sh oe andthe toe portion of asole on the "shoe, and having beveled wallsat their ends,

"a spring for drawing said jaws toward'each other, and means for supporting a lasted shoe and moving the lasted shoe in'a direction at right angles to the plane passing through the axes of the pivots of said jaws and to an doc extent to move the toe portion of a shoe between said beveled walls and between the adj acent-walls of saidfjaws to position in which said adjacent walls of said j aws'icontact with'the sides o'f'the t'oe portion-of the shoe and the sidesof a toe portion iof'aaso'le' on the shoe.

v 7 A devicev of the character describedicioirn aving' their adjacent walls shaped to flit *against the sides of the toeportion iofiga-shoe r and the toe portion of a sole on-t'heishodand having beveled walls at their ends,'a:spring for drawing said'j aws toward each other, and

me ans for supporting "a lasted shoe 'andsmovingt'he lasted "shoe in a direction at'n'ightf angles to "the :plane' passingthrough the; 'iaxes 'oif the pivots nf said j aws and to an extent to move the toeportion of afshoe between said .beveled walls and between the adjacent wallsof said: jaws "to position-3 in which said adjacent walls trea aws e a;

tact with the sides of the toe portion of the V e, prlsing-apair of 'p votall-y supported aws shoe and the sides of a toe portion of a sole on the shoe, said jaws centering the solelongitudinally' and laterally on the shoe. 8. A device of the character described comprising a pair of vertical rods, a jaw pivoted to th'e'upper end of each of said rods, said jaws having their adjacent walls shaped to 'fit against the sides of the toe portion of a walls of said jaws when said support is moved toward said rods. 7

' 7 JOHN A. PAR-KER. 

